Combined ash-can and lawn-roller.



APPLICATION FILED APR Patented Feb. 24, 191% //Vl/ ENTOH (fa/212 CBJarms WIT/M8858 g?- [@01 1 A WORNEVS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAI'H to WASHINGTON.n. L

tl'lTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. B.

JARVIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED ASH-CAN AND LAWN-ROLLER.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. B. JARVIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedCombined Ash Can and Lawn Roller, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to ash cans, and it has for its object to provideone having a cover and provided with a sleeve supported by the bottom ofthe can and the cover for receiving an axle so that when the arms andthe tongue are pivotally connected with the axle, the ash can may berolled to transport the ashes, and the ash can may also be filled withashes, and may be used as a roller for rolling the lawn, tennis courts,etc.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete specification, in which the preferred form oi the invention isdisclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showingmy improved ash can; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a modifiedform of the can; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the canshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the can shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a drum 5 is provided,in which the ashes may be disposed, the outer surface of the drumserving as a roller, so that the ashes in the drum may be convenientlytransported, it being also possible to use the drum as a roller forpressing down the ground, the sides of the outer surface being disposedsubstantially parallel so that the drum may be used in this manner.

lthe bottom 6 of the drum is held in place by rivets 7, or other similarmeans, this bottom 6 being provided with an orifice 8, with a flangemember 9 secured to the bottom 6, around this orifice, the flange member9 being provided with a threaded orifice 10,

in which meshes the thread 11 at the terminal of a sleeve 12, the sleevebeing disposed in the drum 5, and serving as a bearing for the axle 13.The drum 5 is provided with a cover 14, which has an orifice 15, and aSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1912.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 691,792.

around the said orifice 15. The flange member 16 has a thread 17, whichmeshes with a thread 18 on the sleeve 12, so that when the cover 14 isdisposed on the drum 5, with the sleeve 12 in alinement with thethreaded orifice 17 in the flange member 16, the cover 14 will besecured to the sleeve 12, and to the drum 5, by rotating the cover 14relatively to the said drum 5. The axle 13, which is disposed in thesleeve 12 has terminals 19, which project beyond the bottom 6, and thecover 14, these terminals 19 being disposed in the orifices 20 in thearms 21, so that when the arms 21 are moved by the tongue 22, to whichthey are secured by the cross member 23, the drum 5 will be rotated andwill be drawn along the ground.

The axle 13 has a head 24, at one end, and is provided with a threadedterminal at the other end, with which a nut 25 meshes, this means beingprovided so that the axle 13 may be readily withdrawn from the sleeve12. When the drum 5 is being filled with the ashes, the nut 25 isremoved, so that the axle 13 may be withdrawn from the sleeve 12, andthe arms 21 may be removed from the drum 5, to permit the removal of thecover 14. After the drum 5 has been filled with the ashes, the cover 14is replaced, and its threaded member 16 is rotated, so that it willengage the thread 18 on the sleeve 12, and will lock the cover 14 to thesaid sleeve 12, and to the drum 5. This having been done, the arms 21are disposed in position, one at the head or bottom 6, and the other atthe cover 14, when the axle 13 may be disposed in the sleeve 12, and maybe secured in place by the nut 25.

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, adrum is provided in two section 5*, each section having an inner wall26, with a groove 27, in this inner wall, these inner walls beingnormally disposed against each other. Secured in each of the grooves 27there is a sleeve section 28, these sleeve sections 28 uniting to form abearing sleeve when the drum sections 5 are disposed in position withtheir inner walls 26 against each other. Each of the drum sections 5 isprovided with a head or bottom member 29, the bearing sleeve sections 28projecting through an opening 80 between the said head members 29, whenthe drums 5 are disposed in the position flange member 16, secured tothe cover 14 I shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

Disposed over the head or bottom 29 there is a false bottom 31, which isprovided with flanges 32 which engage the sleeve bearing sections 28 tohold them together, and in position. This false bottom 31 is providedwith an orifice 33, through which a terminal of an axle 34 projects,this axle 34 being disposed in the bearing sleeve members 28. The otherends of the drum sections 5 are normally closed by a cover 35, which isprovided with flanges 36 which engage the inner walls 26 at the grooves27, for holding the inner walls 26 together, and the drum sections 5 inposition. This cover 35 also has an orifice 37, through which a terminalof the axle 34 projects. The axle 34 has threaded terminals with whichmesh the nuts 38, after the axle 34 has been disposed through theorifices in the arms 21. These arms 21 are connected by the transversemember 23, 'to which is secured the tongue 22, in the manner alreadydescribed.

In using the form of invention shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings,the drum sections 5 may be filled and may be used separately, the drumsections being held together at one end by the false bottom 31, and theflange members 30 on the false bottom, which engage the bearing sleevesections 28. At the other end the drum sections 5* are held together bythe flanges 36, which engage the inner walls 26 at the grooves 27, thecover 35 also having a peripheral flange 39, which engages theperipheries of the drums 5. The false bottom 31 also has an outer flange40 which engages the peripheries of the outer drums 5 Iaving thusdescribed my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent:

' 1. In an article of the class described, a drum having a head with anorifice at one end, a removable cover with an orifice normally disposedover the other end, a sleeve disposed in the drum and connected with thehead and the cover about the orifice, an axle disposed in the sleeve,and having terminals extending through the orifices, and arms connectedwith the terminals.

2. In an article of the class described, a drum having a head at oneend, a removable cover for closing the other end, arms disposed at theouter sides of the head and cover and pivotally connected therewith forholding the cover relatively to the head while permiting the drum torotate relatively to the arms.

3. An article of the class described, a drum having a head at one end, aremovable cover normally disposed over the other end, a member disposedin the drum and secured to the end, and the cover, arms and means forpivotally connecting the arms relatively to the member.

4. In an article of the class described, a drum having a head at one endand provided with an opening, a removable cover for closing the otherend and provided with an opening, arms disposed at the outer sides ofthe head and cover, an axle extending through the drum and provided withterminals projecting through the openings, and means on the axle fornormally engaging the arms for holding them in position which permit therotation of the drum relatively to the arms while preventing the removalof the cover.

5. In an article of the class described, a drum in two sections witheach section provided with a longitudinal groove on an inner wall, thegrooves normally uniting to form a bearing, an axle disposed in thebearing and having terminals projecting therefrom, and arms connectedwith the terminals.

6. In an article of the class described, a drum in a plurality ofsections open at one set of ends, and with each section provided with alongitudinal groove on an inner wall, the grooves uniting to form abearing, a cover for the said set of ends having flanges for engagingthe inner walls for assisting in holding the sections together, therebeing an orifice in the cover for registering with the bearing formed bythe grooves, an axle disposed in the bearing and in the orifice in thecover, and arms connected with the axle.

7. In an article of the class described, a drum in a plurality ofsections, open at one set of ends, with each section provided with alongitudinal groove on an inner wall, the grooves uniting to form abearing, a cover for the said set of ends having an orifice, a sleevebearing in sections, each section being secured in the groove in one ofthe drum sections and projecting from the drum sections at the other setof ends, a false botton, the false bottom at the said other set of endshaving flanges for engaging the projecting portions of the sleevebearing, and an orifice in alinement with the opening in the sleevebearing, an axle disposed in the sleeve bearing and projecting from theorifices in the cover and in the false bottom, and arms disposed at thefalse bottom and at the cover and connected with the axle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. B. JARVIS.

Witnesses:

EVERARD B. MARSHALL, JOHN P. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. i

